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    Tried all the tricks but can't free-up drive space

    I'm down to 40GB on my SSD and have been moving large batches of files to an external drive for the past week or so - but I cannot free up drive space. I've tried rebooting in safe mode, recovery mode, performing first aid on the drive. I don't use Time Machine for backups. What could I be missing?
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    "Your disk is almost full" on a new mac

    Hi, I am having the following problem. I bought a mac about a month ago, 250 GB hard drive. I have not downloaded any significant amount of software or videos as far as I can think of. However, this morning it said it had 3 GB left. This was hard to believe - I assume if Macs typically...
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    Hard drive filled up after High Sierra upgrade on MacPro

    I had about 450GB of free space on my primary drive on Sierra. After the High Sierra upgrade it dropped to 150GB. I used OmniDiskSweeper and the files sum upto about 520GB. I have a 1TB SSD! Can't figure out what's eating the rest of the space. About the mac shows system files as 400GB. That's...
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    Waiting in vain? MacBook Pro SSD boost

    Hello! I would like to get the new MBP with all the bells and whistles, but I feel paying a premium for 500GB of SSD storage is a bit ridiculous. My 2013 MBP has 250GB - so why would a new 2017 be the same? Oh, Apple. Anyway, does Apple have a history of boosting internals for the same...
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    Mac Mail V3 storing 100 GB mail in "Drafts Inbox" on hardrive

    Hello, Did a Daisy search to see what was eating up all my Hard drive space and it is the Draft Inbox folder. It is only one of my several .mac email accounts that is doing this. What caused this? How do I prevent from happening again Is it safe to delet the "Drafts INbox" folder that...